A Kashan lustre pottery bottle, Persia, late 12th Century

of piriform on a splayed foot, the long cylindrical neck with two raised band terminating in a long flaring scalloped rim, decorated in a brownish-gold lustre with frieze of large seated figures interspersed by an oil lamp, a ewer and a plate of food, a band of inscription below, the neck and shoulder with vegetal interlace and floral motifs
35.5 cm. high

Provenance
Private French collection.

Inscriptions: a repeat of al-'izz wa al-iqbal, 'Glory and prosperity'.

This example is decorated in the 'Monumental' style which developed towards the end of the 12th century. Typified by brownish-gold lustre on a white ground with bold, large-scale decoration on an ornate ground depicting subjects such as horsemen, animals, or seated figures as in the present lot.